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W. A. PORTERPIELD 8v I. B. SHANNOFELT, Jr.

TOOL FOR APPLYING SEALING WAX.

No. 410,330. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

avian ems UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. PORTERFIELD AND JOHN B. SHANNOFELT, JR, OF BELLAIRE, OHIO.

TOOL FOR APPLYING SEALING-WAX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,330, datedSeptember 3, 1889.

Application filed May 9, 1889. Serial No. 310,140- (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. PORTER- FIELD and JOHN B. SHANNOFELT,J12, citizens of the United States, residing at Bellaire, in the countyof Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tools for Use in Applying Sealing- Wax; and we dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devicesfor use in applying scaling-wax in sealing cans or packages; and it hasfor its object to provide a simple and serviceable tool of thisdescription, by the use of which the work can be done much moresatisfactorily and with greater expedition, and at the same time with agreater saving in the amount of wax used.

To the above ends and to such others as the invention may pertain thesame consists in the novel construction of the sealing-tool hereinafterdescribed, shown in the appended drawings, and then specifically definedin the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sealing-iron constructed inaccordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through thehead of the tool.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the sealing-iron, the head B of which is cast integral withthe shank or extension 0, and is preferably of iron or copper.

One of the essential features of the invention consists in the peculiarform of the head B and of the chamber D therein, communicating with theextreme end of the head by the narrow-triangular outlet-passage E. Itwill be observed that the rear or base portion of the head B is castthick and heavy, and that from a point a short distance from the extremerear end of the head it is gradually narrowed toward the free end of thehead. The chamber D, which is formed within the upper face of the headB, is substantially pear-shaped, as shown, with the enlarged portion atthe extreme rear portion of the head, and from this enlarged portion thechamber gradually lessens in diameter as it approaches the free end ofthe head, and it terminates at the extreme end of the head in a narrowtriangular passage E. The shank O of the tool is preferably curved, asshown, and is provided at its end with a suitable handle F.

In use the head of the tool is placed in the fire until it has beenheated to a sufficient degree to melt the sealing-wax. The wax is thenplaced in the chamber and is held in the left hand of the operator, withone end of the stick resting against the bottom of the chamber, where itis melted by the heat of the iron. The operator holds the tool in hisright hand, and as the wax is melted it flows throughthe narrow outletE, as will be readily understood, and is applied to the seam to besealed by simply drawing the tool-point over the seam.

WVhat we claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described tool for use in applying sealing-wax, the sameconsisting of the head B, having its base portion thickened in order toretain the heat, and having an extension or shank and handle, asdescribed, and having formed in its upper face a substantiallypear-shaped chamber D, communicating with the free end of the head bymeans of a narrow triangular outlet-passage E, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose specified. I

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM A. PORTERFIELD. JOHN B. SHANNOFELT, JR. \Vitnesses:

W. J. FERREN, JOHN N. ANDERSON.

